2 Timothy 4:2 · KJV
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
— 2 Timothy 4:2
I charge {thee} therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2 Timothy 4 — Context
I charge {thee} therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4And they shall turn away {their} ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Cross References
1 Timothy 4:15-16
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. {to all: or, in all things}
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all {men}. {exhort: or, beseech} {unruly: or, disorderly}
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Titus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
2 Timothy 2:21
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, {and} prepared unto every good work.
Titus 1:13
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Galatians 6:6
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.